Authorizing the Saint Paul Public Library Agency to enter into a three year lease with the Hamline Midway Coalition.

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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Public Library Agency wishes to rent space to the Hamline Midway Coalition, a non-profit neighborhood District Council, at the Hamline Midway Library, 1558 West Minnehaha Avenue, Saint Paul; and

WHEREAS, Saint Paul Administrative Code Chapter 86 requires City Council approval of leases of longer than a one- year term; and

WHEREAS, Saint Paul Administrative Code §14.02 makes the library board subject to the same procedural rules as the city council; and

WHEREAS, the use of the Hamline Midway Library space by the Hamline Midway Coalition on a long-term basis is beneficial to both parties; and

WHEREAS, the Real Estate Section of Financial Services has determined that the agreed upon rent represents fair market value of the leased premises; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul Library Agency Board hereby authorizes the appropriate officials to enter into the attached lease agreement with the Hamline Midway Coalition: